TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The University of Alabama awarded some 2,467 degrees at spring commencement ceremonies held Friday, May 16, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.

Internationally renowned flutist and conductor Ransom Wilson gave the commencement address at UA’s two University-wide commencement ceremonies held at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., respectively. Wilson, an Artist Member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, is professor of flute at Yale University. He has recorded 30 albums as both flutist and conductor and was nominated three times for the "Grammy" award.

Wilson received an honorary doctorate of human letters from UA. Two notable Alabamians also received awards at the 9 a.m. ceremony. Wayne Flynt, Distinguished University Professor at Auburn University and an expert on Southern history, politics and religion, received the Hugo Black Award, UA’s top award, in recognition of his distinguished service to the people of Alabama and the nation. H. Pettus Randall III, who served as chair of Randall Publishing before his death in 2002, was the posthumous recipient of the Julia and Henry Tutwiler Distinguished Service Award.

David Bronner, CEO of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, was the speaker for the UA Law School graduation ceremony held Friday at 5 p.m. Bronner holds both a law degree and a doctorate degree from the University and served as assistant dean of the UA Law School from 1972-73.

With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 185,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. UA holds commencement ceremonies three times a year.

The following students from Mobile were listed as candidates to receive degrees:

JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE

BREWTON -- John Kirkman Garrett

DAPHNE -- Elizabeth Larkin Hatchett

DEMOPOLIS -- Monica Hall Grecu

FAIRHOPE -- Russell Rawls Henry

MOBILE -- Susan Leanna Bankester, Britt Ventson Bethea, Bradley Eugene Dean, Camille Ann Root, Charles C. Wimberly Jr.

THEODORE -- Linda Jo Marston

DOCTORAL DEGREE

FAIRHOPE -- Nicole Ervin Amare

MASTER’S DEGREE

BAY MINETTE -- Matthew Wade Horton

BUTLER -- Patricia Dumont Ezell, Dana Lynn Taylor

CASTLEBERRY -- Kelly Marie Wilcox

CHUNCHULA -- Tracy Jacquelyn Bryan

DEMOPOLIS -- Sean Michael Smith

EIGHT MILE -- Erin Tralyn Sanders

GREENVILLE -- Harriet Crenshaw Johnson, Frieda Anderson Stevens

HOPE HULL -- Kerri Michelle Keith

MOBILE -- Robert A. Arendall III, Abdellaziz Batiss, Annette Marie Duranso, Andrew Randolph Shotts, Anson Flynt Stebbins

VREDENBURGH -- Lasonja Bonita Kennedy

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

ANDALUSIA -- Carl Lee Clark Jr., Amanda Faith Freeman, Mary Ann Grimes

ATMORE -- Tamra Nicole Killam, David Dauphin Swift, Susan Carney Swift, Jennifer Marie Todd, Sarah Frances Ward

AXIS -- Joseph Brian Herring

BREWTON -- Charlie Lee McGhee, Richard Patrick Rotch, Kristian J. Stallworth, Stephen Clark Thomas

BUTLER -- Alane Victoria Breland

CAMDEN -- Charles Gorin Martens

CASTLEBERRY -- James Anthony Hall

CHAPMAN -- Donald Keith Williams

CHATOM -- Rachel Elizabeth Laurie

CREOLA -- Sarah Renea Skidmore

DAPHNE -- Lauren Gayle Monroe, Steven Paul Savarese Jr., Jennifer Suzanne Williams

DAUPHIN ISLAND -- Erin Ranae Bedwell, Mary Katherine Jones

DEMOPOLIS -- Kelley Elizabeth Freeman

DIXONS MILLS -- Antonio Terrell White

EIGHT MILE -- Temelle Eben Dotch, Latasha Jenea Graham, Angela Gail Hunter

EVERGREEN -- George Foster Brown, Roderick Keith McIntyre

FAIRHOPE -- Heidi Krista Harshberger, Austin E. James, Stephanie Summer Sanders, Morgan Edward Slay

FAUNSDALE -- Travis Demarcus Agee

FLOMATON -- James Michael McCutchin

FLORALA -- Kristin Andrea Donaldson

FOLEY -- Mariah Degruy, Carrie Ann Parr, Victoria Nicole Shepard

GILBERTOWN -- Brandon Clint Gibson, Anna Leigh Nealey

GRAND BAY -- Kayla Bonnie Erwin

GREENVILLE -- Laquesha Deshawn Feagin, Lila Deane Newton

GROVE HILL -- Amy Elizabeth Clarke, Melissa C. Daniels, Steven Brian Hutto

GULF SHORES -- Timothy Alan Hill, Braxton Henry Maddox, Silas Levi Peters, Keith Andrew Pilston

HOPE HULL -- Cherqueta Romeca Claiborn, Kwoneathia Rasha Hill, Warren Tucker Keith

JACKSON -- Christy Dawn Beverly, Haley Shawn Noble, Andrew Wesley Warren

LILLIAN -- Louis Rhoda Jernagan

LINDEN -- Tiffany Nico'l Phillips

MILLRY -- Renesha Lafaye Mitchell

MOBILE -- Ashley Elizabeth Adams, Tamika Renee Allen, Todd Christian Allen, Katherine Rebecca Baker, Thomas Fitzgerald Benton, Lisa Elaine Bumpers, Jason Paul Conner, Ashley Ann Davis, Dwain Churchill Denniston, Regan Cory Downing, Michael Joseph Fillers, Lindsey Susanne Foster, Josh Daniel Friedman, Heather Marie Fuqua, Myles Randall Grim, Jessie Reynalds Hill, Samuel Stanton Hory, Deshara Shontee Huff, David Gordon Inge, Amanda Marie Kirchler, Terry Dewayne Lamar, Timothy Joseph Laurence, Rachel Christine Luker, John Carl Medicus, Mary Elizabeth Middleton, Shaneka Juante Moore, Elizabeth Joyce Murphy, David Eugene Newberry, Jonathan Merrill Patterson, James Louis Perrien, Marico Jermond Portis, Stacey Leann Proffitt, Stephanie Lane Reed, Emily Claire Sebastian, Julia Margaret Sisson, Courtney Lane Smith, Jasmine Marie Smith, Melvin Garrett Smith, Shannon Renee Smith, David Robert Steber, Shaun Michael Steele, Lindsey Michelle Stiegler, Mary Blakely Sullivan, Justin West Thomas, Mary Elizabeth Turner, Erol M. Wallace, Matthew Lee Warren, Margaret Diane Williams

MONROEVILLE -- Jay Christian Lomenick, Marion Sentell McIntosh, Casey Laree Morgan

MONTROSE -- Thomas Barrett Norris

OPP -- Walter Hornsby Burgess, Crystal Gale Stephens, Neal Allen Yancey

ORANGE BEACH -- Homer Legrand Baldwin III, Justin Kenneth Baldwin, Meredith Northup Miles, Paul Jackson Smith

PRICHARD -- Eric Durrell Moore, Trina Lashaye Nobles, Maggie Elaine Stevenson

ROBERSTDALE -- Gaylan Ashley Cillo

SARALAND -- Andrew Scott Passmore, Ashley Nichole Walker

SATSUMA -- Ronnie Allen Andress Jr., Brendon Heath Morris

SEMMES -- Travis Whitney Everette

SILAS -- Katina Renee Bryant

SPANISH FORT -- Candice Sue Cotten, Carrie Alexis Finch, Joshua David Harper

ST. STEPHENS -- William Theodore King

SWEET WATER -- Meredith Rae Mathers, Sheila A. Rodgers

THEODORE -- Clifton Murray Carter, Amberly Dawn Summey

THOMASVILLE -- Laurel Jade Hodges

TOXEY -- Roderick Dewayne Anderson